The Blogs have been nice, Yay!

The title of this post has two very important meanings.  First off, it deals with how blogs and social networking have been nice to the community - triggers for change (that has a weird but interesting sound to it... but sounds more like an NRA slogan), as well as the fact that posting for this blog, Blogs are Nice, Yay!, has been, well, nice.

Let's just jump right into it.  Social Networking sites as well as user-generated websites have been the catalyst for change since they first came around.... Heck (see mom, I didn't cuss), the invention of the internet was for change - how can we speed up the sharing of information to help society?  Social networking as well as UGC has been able to allow like-minded individuals the ability to communicate and meet up (mentally and physically) to help promote their cause.  Although this isn't specifically about giving back (although my roommate would advocate that it is), the success of Ron Paul ("Ron Paul in '08!" - my roommate as I am writing this) is mainly due to the amazing power of the internet.  People have found each-other on social networking sites as well as on forums and user-generated websites.  With this, Ron Paul has been the best, the...best, at raising campaign funds.  The most incredible part about this whole thing?  Ron Paul doesn't organize these events, they are that of his followers, curtsey the awesomeness of the internet.

Second part!  Thank you thank you thank you to my teacher Nicole Melander as well as my fellow classmates of AU's ITEC-333 Fall 2007.  This class was an amazing experience in educational learning.  The format of the classes has been wonderful, completely catering to learning out of desire, instead of need.  The classroom environment as well as the teaching style was perfect.  Moreover, the students who were in the class were all motivated and energized to learn - a wonderful experience to be a part of.  Learning about blogging (I never followed blogs, ever, even though I would consider myself very tech saavy) and doing it myself has been an eye opening experience.

thank you all.